Hybrid Football
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Gimme Football! Hybrid Football arose from a desire from Football fans for more Football! Initially the X-Leagues were a game of Football between two Women’s teams that was aired on a rival TV Network during the NFL Super Bowl half-time show in 2004. Fans had been complaining the half-time show was too long and they wanted to watch Football. The game was so popular that it became a full league by 2009.
Fan Controlled Football, also 7v7 Football played indoors in an Arena, was started by gaming fans who wanted their own teams to call plays on like in the Madden NFL Console Game. Fans who own a share in their team vote online during the game in real-time for what plays their team makes on each of the plays.
American 7s Football League is a Semi-Professional State-level network of Leagues that was started by a former High School player who continued to play pick-up games of Football in parks after finishing school, realising there was a need to standardise rules for the pick-up games. It is 7v7 tackle football without pads or helmets.
And as recently as 2024 a German TV Network aired a 6v6 version of Gridiron Football played on ice, the latest in the Hybrid Football stakes.
X-League and Legends Football Leagues
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The Lingerie Bowl was first played in 2004 as a rival to the Super Bowl half-time show which was seen by many fans as two long and boring. It was aired on a rival TV network and featured two teams of scantily-clad Women. The Bowl eventually came a fully-fledged league in 2009. The Lingerie was replaced by bikinis, and the League renamed the Legends Football League. In 2020 the League was again renamed the X-League, and bikinis replaced by bicycle shorts and crop-tops
X – Legends Football Leagues (7v7 Arena Indoor Leagues)
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X-League (Seasons):
2021 *
2020 *
(*Cancelled due to Covid)
Legends Football League United States (Seasons):
United States Legends Football League (Bowls)
Legends Football League Legends Bowls 2004-2019
US Legends Football League (Overviews)
Legends Football League United States 2013-2019
Lingerie Football League (Overviews)
Lingerie Football League 2009-2012
World Legends Football Leagues
Legends Football League Global 2012-2014
Legends Football League Pacific Cup 2012-2013
LFL Global (Seasons)
(Irish-Born Linda Holland played for Western Australia Angels)
Legends Football League Australia 2013-2014
Pretty Girls Football League (Mexico – Overviews)